"I really want to do a Broadway musical. I'd like to do Mame. I thought this would be a good first audition." Actress KIRSTIE ALLEY on why she has finally signed up for TV show DANCING WITH THE STARS after previously turning down offers.

Farrah Fawcett's friends Alana Stewart, Dick Van Patten and Candy Spelling have refused to accept an apology from Academy Awards bosses after the late actress was left out of an Oscars tribute - describing the snub as "unforgivable".

Synopsis

Wealthy, eccentric Mame Dennis is living it up during the Roaring 20's when she becomes guardian to her late brother's little boy Patrick. She embraces the new role with typical enthusiasm, showing her charge how to live to the fullest, filling his life with culture, adventure, and fun. Mame and Patrick go through good times and bad during his childhood. But when he returns home from college and Mame in introduced to his stuffy fiance and bigoted parents, she faces her greatest challenge.